The effects of short-term alcohol intake on clinic and ambulatory blood pressure in normotensive ‘social’ drinkers

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 572-577

  O’Callaghan, Christopher James ^a   Phillips, Paddy Andrew ^a   Krum, Henry ^a   Howes, Laurence Guy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Ambulatory blood pressure; Blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SUCROSE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CATECHOLAMINES; COLD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; ETHANOL; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0029058332     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-7061(95)00041-M     Document Type: Article

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